Bottle or jar closure.



No. 769,960. l 'PATENTED SBPT.13, 1904. G. T. REED. BOTTLE OR JAR CLOSURE.

APPLIOATIOILI FILED JUNE 13, 1903. RENEWED FEB. 16. 1904. N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES:

.JGEO'RGE 'r. Ream-or munitions, MARYL ND, gassreno n or one-HALF Patented. September 13, 1904s TOHORACE SLIN-GLUFF, or" nAL'r MonE, MARYLAND.

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SIEECIFICATLON forming part of Letters Pa ent No. 769,96Q, dated September 13, 1904,

Application filedjune 18,1903. Renewed February 1e,.19o4. Serial No. 193,883; (nomads To all whom it may concern: I N Be it known that l, GEORGE T. REED, ,a citi: zen of the United States of America, residing at thecity of Baltimore, in the State of Mary:

land, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle or Jar Closures, of .which the'following is a specification;

- This invention,- which relates to bottle and jar closures, contemplates the production of a new and improved stopper, more especially designed for employment in-connection with bottles'and other necked glassware, the object of the invention being to supplant existing caps and internal" stoppers which require specially-provided tools for their application toand detachment from the bottle by a very simple and inexpensive construction capable of being applied by hand to effectually seal the bottle and of being with 'awn by the use ,signed for thepurpose- The nature of the'improved stopper, the manner of insertingand withdr win'g the same, and the advantages possessed by the construction are set forth in thc'following deillustrating the stopper-in its preferred form .35 thimbleforming the-outer member ofthe stopper. Fig. 4 's avertical sectional view of said thimble. 'Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the inner non-expansible member of the stopper Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional View 49 ofsaid inner member. k

. Reierrmg. to the drawings by numerals, 'l I designates the neck of a bottlein the mouth A of which my improved stopper is'designcd to be inserted.

tion 3, open at its upper end and'closed at its lower end by a bottom 4 andprovided at its upper edge with an'annular'flange. 5, in which necessarily de- Fig. 2 is a vertical 2 is a thimble, preferably constructed from" @fibrous' wood-pulp to have a cylindrical por- I is an annular series of perIorationsG 6. The

thimble, which, as stated, is preferablyconstructed (if fibrouspulp, possesses the quality ofexpansibility to a limited degree, and the perforations 6 6 are provided to allow of this expansiblc quality at its upper or open 'end. The thimble constitutes the outer member of the stopper and isiformed at itsexterior to closely conform to theaperture of the bottleneck, as will. be understood.

v 7 denotes a preferably metallic thimble insertible within the pulp thimble and comprised'of a cylindrical body 8, fluted or. cor- 1'ugatecl,'and -a top 9. Said top ispreferably of arch form in cross-section, and a bail lO'is -provided on said top by slitting the latter on thelines 11 11' and depressing the top, as indicated at-l2.12.

In practice the pulp thimbieis inserted in the neck-aperture until thefla'ngc 5 contacts with the top of said neck, whereupon the metallic thimble is'inserted in' the pulp thimble until the top of the latter is coincident with the top of the flange 5 of the pulp thimble, The act. of inserting the metallic thimble eX-; pzfnds the pulp thimble to'closely contact with the wall of the bottle-neck aperture, the strain of. said neck bein g relieved by the slight degreeof contraction possessed by the corrugated metallic thimble. To this extent, therefore, the metallic th'imble is'yieldable, and with uniformly-sized neck-apertures no contraction of the 1 metallic thimble will take place, the contractible quality of thelattcr coming into play in sealing neck-apertures otunusual ,di

amcters. The provision of the perforatio l i s 1n the flange of the pulp thimble insures equal expansibility of the pulp thimblc throughout." seal is obtained atthe Consequently a perfect upper edgeoi the bottle-neck, aperture.

he members of the stopper may be inserted by the exercise of liand-pressureyand to remove the stopper any handy implement may 7 be inserted under the bail and by a pryin'gaction the metallic thimble is readily, removed,

' after Which the Withdrawal of the pulp thimble.

is easily accomplished..

It will be noted that the corrugations of the aneta'llic' thimble are formed on 'thewalls thereof parallel with the axis, and it is this arrangement of the corrugations that gives a slight yielding function of the metallic thinlble and prevents by contraction any undue strain on the neck-aperture:

I claim as my i.nvention 1. A stopper for bottle-necks comprised of p a flanged expandible thimble open at its upper end and having perforations around the flange at its junction with the walls whereby to allow for the expansion of the flanged end.

2. A stopper for bottle-necks, comprised of a flanged expandible thimble for insertion into the neck-aperture, and a metallic thinible having corrugations parallel with its axis insertible within the expandible thimble.

I 3. A stopper for bottle-necks and the like, comprised of a flanged expandible t-himble, said flange having perforations, and a nonexpandible corrugated thimble insertible in the aforesaid thimble and provided Withan integral bail to facilitateits removal.

In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature in presence. of two witnesses. GEORGE T. REED.

lVitnesses:

'HORACE SLIfieLUFF,

.Loms MOKIM KINES. 

